Drone world heats up in Minnesota this winter for AirVūz Drone Video Awards
The temperatures may be in the negatives in Minnesota right now, but things are about to heat up this Presidents Day weekend.
Some of the most recognizable names in the drone community — including yours truly — will be in Minneapolis on Monday, Feb. 18th for the 2nd Annual AirVūz Drone Video Awards.
The 2nd annual AirVūz Drone Video Awards will name winners in 18 categories from a collection of 30,000 videos uploaded to the online drone video community throughout 2018.
If you aren’t willing to brave the cold and head to Minneapolis — or you just have other plans — then tune in online, as the award show will be streamed LIVE on the AirVūz Facebook Page on Monday, Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. CST.
But if you can make it, the event is going to be huge — and it’s free! The event will include an awards show and an FPV race sponsored by Hydra FPV, all at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis. There will also be a social hour and the Post-Show Pilot Pick’em Race — and free beer for attendees.
And there are huge stakes. Grand prizes of $3,000 USD will be awarded to both the Drone Video of the Year and FPV Video of the Year, and the People’s Choice winner will receive $1,000 USD. All category winners will take home $500 USD.
While the event is free and open to the public RSVP on the official event page. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. CST.
Other people you can expect to see there (besides me!) include 2018 ESPN Drone Racing League Champion Paul Nurkkala; Rotor Riot pilots Drew Camden, Kevin Daugherty and Tommy Tibajia; Elena Buenrostro from Women Who Drone; and Jesse Perkins of Tiny Whoop.
Below is a list of all the nominees:
2nd Annual AirVuz Drone Video Awards Official Nominees:
NATURE & LANDSCAPE CATEGORY
- THE EPIC NORTH!! NORWAY, ICELAND, FAROE ISLANDS – Drone – PilotViking
- Antarctica, Union Glacier Camp. Mamont Cup Expedition, January 2018 – kirillumrikhin
- In Search of Elysium – 4K Aerial United Arab Emirates – UAE – Ghadir Shaar
- ETHOS – Jay Worsley
- The Dolomites – The World’s Most Powerful Mountains – Ryan Shirley
COUNTRIES & REGIONS CATEGORY
- Discover Norway – A 100 days journey – Grim Berge
- Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun – ZimyDaKid
- 4K Icelandic Drone Adventure – Brendon Dixon
- Unseen Afghanistan 2.0 – Khyber Khan
- Pristine Mongolia – DanielKordan
CITIES & URBAN CATEGORY
- Venezia – oliverastrologo
- The city of white nights – Timelab.pro
- City of Life – Dubai – Bachir_Photo_Phactory
- Hong Kong – Reach the Sky – haussmannvisuals
- Art of Endurance – Chicago – Drone Media Chicago
PEOPLE & LIFESTYLE CATEGORY
- Runaway – HikeTheWorld
- LION´S RUN – Summer South 2018 – robinmaeter
- Lands of the Maya – Guatemala and Mexico – videobrosThe 10 Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Sri Lanka – jantrnkaproductions
- My Drone Story – Sandrine Hecq
DRONIE CATEGORY
- Hyper Dronie – Druno
- Spaceship Dronie – Brent De Bleser
- The Last Dronie – chrisxgxc
- Dronie from an island in south of Norway – hopenorway
- Rio Celeste, Costa Rica Dronie – wrenee
EXTREME SPORTS CATEGORY
- Matt Bush – World of Free Solo Climbing – LukeMaximoBell
- Filming X-Games Gold Metalist | Mega Ramp – JZFPV
- A New Perspective (Audi Nines 2018) – JohnnyFPV
- Drone Drifting at East Coast Bash 2018 – memmi
- Crystal Clear Water, Summertime, Surfing, Jetskis, Boats & Dolphins in WA. – azure_co
ORIGINALITY CATEGORY
- Not Only NOW, it’s EPIC – Mauro Pagliai
- 24 HRS – panvelvet
- SEMPITERNAL – a journey that will last a lifetime (English Version) – Marco G.Lerin
- Dino adventures pt.1 – borsch
- THE VISITOR — A Short Film – petemaj23
FPV FREESTYLE – CINEMATIC CATEGORY
- BEST OF DRONES FPV 2018 MY EPIC SHOT – Red—fpv
- Falling With Water – Drone dives INTO freezing waterfall! – airblastr
- EPIC DRONE & DRIFT SYNERGY || WINTER DRIFT MATSURI – Wild Willy FPV
- MELTING THE SNOW – mrram_fpv
- Saudi Arabia – JohnnyFPV
FPV FREESTYLE – TECHNICAL CATEGORY
- DIVING THE TALLEST BUILDING IN EUROPE :: 462 meters :: Lakhta Center FPV Freestyle – controlflow
- Kill the Spot – Tomz FPV
- FLY RIDE – MTB x FPV Drone – airblastr
- 1 Pack in Quarry Bay – comradewang.FPV
- Old Factory in China / Best Flight EVER #justone – Gespar
FPV FREESTYLE – FLOW CATEGORY
- Spring Blossom feat. Castle ?? – SUSTOSFPV
- The Cold Edge of the World – Gab707
- Icy thumbs | Winter FPV – Blue Owl FPV
- Further // Winter Wonderland – vasiliz
- Switzerland Dreaming – PikaFPV
MICRO DRONE ACRO MODE CATEGORY
- Tiny Whoop Acro Video of the Year Submission – SFPV
- Cinewhoop – Holiday Freestyle – Stan FPV
- Envelopment – nurkfpv
- Tiny Whoop Acro Video of the Year Submission 2018 – shoeface76
- Best Whoop Spot Ever – Trainer Tallman FPV
MICRO DRONE ANGLE MODE CATEGORY
- オンナノコズ：Onnanocos × Micro Drone – KatsuFPV
- Wind Through RING HOUSE – grid_fpv
- sCHOOLYARD cHILLIN – Sekile
- TOKYO ART CITY BY NAKED in TAIPEI – SUSTOSFPV
- Cinewhoop 4k – Tiny Whoop with 20g gopro session 5 “naked” – YKS
TINY WHOOP ACRO MODE CATEGORY
- Tiny Whoop Acro Video of the Year Submission – SFPV
- Surfin USA – Tiny Whoop LiPO FlOW
- OneLine Whoop
- Christmas Whoop remix/Favorite clips of 2018
- Float On
TINY WHOOP ANGLE MODE CATEGORY
- Tiny Whoop Angle Bowling in Slevania
- Lake Maria
- A Bronx Tail
- Whooping the Matterhorn
- Tiny Whoop – Best of Angle 2018 race course (and bonus)
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY
- Girl and Ice – antoinejans
- Soccer in the Woods – borsch
- HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS – zekedrone
- Curvy Road in Pink Forest – panvelvet
- Burnout – Abstract Aerial Art
- What the morning – scientik
- Parallel World(Hong Kong) – Dave Yip
- Abandoned Finds – piercegainey
- Lavender Labyrinth – karaemurphy
- Still Water – Wellington Rodrigues
GAME OF DRONES CATEGORY
- Dubrovnik – King’s Landing – iDrone Aerials
- The Ice Cave – Drone flying inside an ice cave in Iceland – snorrithor
- The Mourne Mountains – imaginelight
- VALLETTA – 4K – rikk08
- A cinematic journey through iceland – ixnevin
DRONES FOR GOOD CATEGORY
- I AM FRAGILE – florian ledoux
- Mosul – Kelly’s Heroes
- Kingdom Of The Wild – Wildlife in Namibia Africa – mikebishop.tv
- “The Pig Preserve” – Douglas Thron
- The Great Return March of Gaza Strip – soliman anees
REEL CATEGORY